Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United StatesP. Force, 1827 - Počet stran: 466 |
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... loss of the battle of Cannæ , for not having despaired of the commonwealth . See the great Fabius , although for a time ob- scured by the machinations of detractors , hailed , in a long succes- sion of the highest confidence , " the ...
... loss of the battle of Cannæ , for not having despaired of the commonwealth . See the great Fabius , although for a time ob- scured by the machinations of detractors , hailed , in a long succes- sion of the highest confidence , " the ...
Strana 15
... loss amounted to 300 killed , 600 wounded , and 400 prisoners , chiefly wounded . Major general de la Fayette and brigadier Woodward were wounded . Sir William Howe stated in his official report the British loss to be only 100 killed ...
... loss amounted to 300 killed , 600 wounded , and 400 prisoners , chiefly wounded . Major general de la Fayette and brigadier Woodward were wounded . Sir William Howe stated in his official report the British loss to be only 100 killed ...
Strana 19
... loss of a town , though the first , is not felt by a people thus situated , as it is in Europe , where whole countries resemble a con- tinued village ; and where the commercial and manufacturing inter- ests have spread and ramified ...
... loss of a town , though the first , is not felt by a people thus situated , as it is in Europe , where whole countries resemble a con- tinued village ; and where the commercial and manufacturing inter- ests have spread and ramified ...
Strana 21
... loss was considerable , and unhappily augmented by the captivity of the ninth Virginia regiment and its brave colonel , Matthews , who had , with a part of the sixth , led by colonel Towles , victori- ously pierced into the midst of the ...
... loss was considerable , and unhappily augmented by the captivity of the ninth Virginia regiment and its brave colonel , Matthews , who had , with a part of the sixth , led by colonel Towles , victori- ously pierced into the midst of the ...
Strana 28
... loss of Fort Mifflin , Washington was very unwilling to abandon Fort Mercer , knowing that the northern re- inforcement must soon arrive ; to accelerate whose progress , he had some time before despatched lieutenant colonel Hamilton ...
... loss of Fort Mifflin , Washington was very unwilling to abandon Fort Mercer , knowing that the northern re- inforcement must soon arrive ; to accelerate whose progress , he had some time before despatched lieutenant colonel Hamilton ...
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